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Mar. 11th, 2020 04:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsToday has been a day.
Yesterday afternoon we got a phone call to say they'd had a cancellation so instead of next week could the stairlift people come and fit the new stairlift today. We said yes, but would it be done within the morning as James had an appointment at work at 1 pm he had to go to, they said yes.
The man came this morning, took out the old stairlift and gah, the mess under the track. Because of the design which meant the track was right against the treads there was 15 years of dust and grime under there. While he was working the power went off. I thought it was him, but nope, the whole of the estate was off. Then, it turned out he was only there for half the job and another man was coming to finish the fitting and he wouldn't be here until at least early afternoon.
Thankfully our neighbour was going to be in and agreed to hand over the key to the second man when he arrived, we locked the cats in the bedroom and had to leave a note saying the power was still off, cats were locked away and hopefully, we'd be back before he was finished.
Then, headed to James' meeting which was pretty serious as it was with the doctor first, then a group meeting with the doctor, line boss and HR lady. They went through everything that has happened to James lately, and all I can say is, I'm glad that the doctor is on his side because she stood up for him big time, up to and including stating that if he has more issues that mean he has to come off the phones again, it's up to his work to either work with him to reduce hours or find alternative duties. He's back on a very careful phased return from Sunday and I really hope it goes well because this very much is the last chance in terms of staying on the phones. Part-time work is a possibility and shouldn't mean too much of a drop -- we hope -- once working tax credits kick in, but he doesn't want to go in that direction yet. But, it's reassuring it is an option.
Left there, with James feeling much better and admitting he'd been half expecting to be sacked, came home and caught the stair lift man who was just leaving. So, he came back with us to the house and the new stairlift is lovely. Such a better design, and one you can clean under the track. Plus, the electric was back on which was fantastic.
Plus, I've been working like crazy on survey and testing sites lately to get extra money and I found out earlier one of the payments was agreed, so within a few days, I'll have £118 to pay toward one of the bills. So that's good news and makes all those damn tests and surveys worth it.
Yesterday afternoon we got a phone call to say they'd had a cancellation so instead of next week could the stairlift people come and fit the new stairlift today. We said yes, but would it be done within the morning as James had an appointment at work at 1 pm he had to go to, they said yes.
The man came this morning, took out the old stairlift and gah, the mess under the track. Because of the design which meant the track was right against the treads there was 15 years of dust and grime under there. While he was working the power went off. I thought it was him, but nope, the whole of the estate was off. Then, it turned out he was only there for half the job and another man was coming to finish the fitting and he wouldn't be here until at least early afternoon.
Thankfully our neighbour was going to be in and agreed to hand over the key to the second man when he arrived, we locked the cats in the bedroom and had to leave a note saying the power was still off, cats were locked away and hopefully, we'd be back before he was finished.
Then, headed to James' meeting which was pretty serious as it was with the doctor first, then a group meeting with the doctor, line boss and HR lady. They went through everything that has happened to James lately, and all I can say is, I'm glad that the doctor is on his side because she stood up for him big time, up to and including stating that if he has more issues that mean he has to come off the phones again, it's up to his work to either work with him to reduce hours or find alternative duties. He's back on a very careful phased return from Sunday and I really hope it goes well because this very much is the last chance in terms of staying on the phones. Part-time work is a possibility and shouldn't mean too much of a drop -- we hope -- once working tax credits kick in, but he doesn't want to go in that direction yet. But, it's reassuring it is an option.
Left there, with James feeling much better and admitting he'd been half expecting to be sacked, came home and caught the stair lift man who was just leaving. So, he came back with us to the house and the new stairlift is lovely. Such a better design, and one you can clean under the track. Plus, the electric was back on which was fantastic.
Plus, I've been working like crazy on survey and testing sites lately to get extra money and I found out earlier one of the payments was agreed, so within a few days, I'll have £118 to pay toward one of the bills. So that's good news and makes all those damn tests and surveys worth it.
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Date: 2020-03-11 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-11 05:19 pm (UTC)I'm just glad the meeting is over. The doctor one was fine but the case meeting felt very ominous with everyone shoved in the room.
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Date: 2020-03-11 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-11 07:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-11 10:16 pm (UTC)I’m glad his doctor is backing him up, that must be a relief. Good luck!
Oh wow that’s an awesome payment to get, you’ll have to let me know what they are
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Date: 2020-03-12 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-12 04:11 pm (UTC)Thankfully it worked out okay in the end but that was because our neighbour was in and willing to hang onto the key.
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Date: 2020-03-12 04:18 pm (UTC)It was a huge relief.
Well, the testing is for a place called Utest right now I'm in the middle of helping to get a speech activated app off the ground by asking it questions. They needed people with regional accents, one of them being from the NE. So, a few times a week I talk to a beta app, get frustrated when it doesn't understand me, take screenshots of its responses and get £25 for each time.
Survey wise I do loads of sites, but the best paying tends to be Prolific. I keep an eye on the sites and get emailed surveys which I do watching downloaded stuff as the surveys tend to be boring.
If you're interested there's a nice list of things here. Ignore that it's on Mumsnet, no one cares if you have kids or not or the moneyshed online earning forum here
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Date: 2020-03-12 05:29 pm (UTC)Ohhh sounds interesting I’ll have a look through them when I’m more with it
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Date: 2020-03-12 06:24 pm (UTC)So glad the stairlift is in! And that the work meeting ended up well, though it must have been horribly intimidating with all those people there. It's really good the doctor is backing James up.
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Date: 2020-03-12 06:35 pm (UTC)The stairlift is great and much faster than the old one. Though, the new track is much higher and shows off the woodwork that hasn't seen a brush for many many years.
The meeting really was intimidating. The room was small anyway, which was fine with just the doctor, but the addition of two other people, one of whom was taking down every work was a bit stressful.
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Date: 2020-03-12 11:39 pm (UTC)Tho, hooray for new stairlift!!! Also that the meeting went better than expected AND that James' doctor offered so much support.
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Date: 2020-03-13 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-13 10:42 am (UTC)I'm so relieved that the doctor fought for James! Way too many unsympathetic doctors out there!
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Date: 2020-03-14 09:28 pm (UTC)PS Yay for extra money!
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Date: 2020-03-15 11:04 am (UTC)Extra money is always good!
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Date: 2020-03-15 11:05 am (UTC)The doctor was amazing, she really stood up for him and kept cutting off the line manager when he was trying to be negative. I could have stood and cheered for her at the end.
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Date: 2020-03-15 11:25 am (UTC)That is very true. James is off for his first day back now. It feels like Corey's first day at school again as I wait for news *g*
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Date: 2020-03-15 11:26 am (UTC)But, all worked out in the end. Even if the new stairlift track shows off the scruffy wood big time.